Screens and Room Dividers
21st Century and Contemporary North American Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Late 20th Century Chinese Victorian Screens and Room Dividers
Canvas, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Plywood
Early 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Spanish Rococo Revival Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
1970s French Rustic Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Palladian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Walnut
Late 20th Century Japanese Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Iron
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Giltwood, Lacquer
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Iron, Metal, Brass
1960s Danish Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Glass, Wood, Canvas
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
1950s Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Late 19th Century British Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Metal
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
20th Century Hong Kong Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Early 20th Century Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Korean Screens and Room Dividers
Fabric, Wood, Paint, Paper
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Tapestry, Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Thai Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Teak
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
2010s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Rattan
1930s Argentine Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Metal, Brass, Copper, Zinc
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Pine
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
2010s American Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Hardwood
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Screens and Room Dividers
Multi-gemstone
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint, Paper
1910s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Leather, Oak
1950s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Jacquard
Mid-20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Bamboo, Rattan
1870s French Empire Antique Screens and Room Dividers
Brass
Late 20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
Late 20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers
Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
Vintage Screens and Antique Room Dividers on 1stDibs: Japanese Screens, Chinese Screens and Art Deco Screens for Sale
Whether they are implemented as decorative accents or makeshift partitions to ensure privacy, antique and vintage folding screens and room dividers easily introduce sophistication and depth to any space in your home.
The earliest examples of folding screens are said to have originated in China and go back at least as far as the Han dynasty. Screens of the era were heavy structures made of wood and had hinges of cloth or leather. They were adorned with elaborate landscape paintings that were typically created on silk or paper canvases and applied directly to the screen’s panels afterward. Just as they had been in the 20th century and today, the folding screens then were recognized for both their practical and purely decorative properties.
Japanese room-divider screens were also decorated with paintings but constructed to be lightweight and mobile. They took on considerable event-based importance when the structures gained popularity in the East Asian country, as the folding screens were used in performing arts such as concerts, tea ceremonies and more. Later, artists elsewhere warmed to folding screens and sought to create their own.
In European countries such as France, where they were known as paravent, folding screens began to materialize in apartments in Paris, gaining favor with the likes of pioneering couturier Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, who is said to have accrued more than 30 and used them as a precursor to what we now know as wallpaper.
On 1stDibs, find a wide range of antique and vintage folding screens and room dividers, which, given their history, may do a better job of bringing people and cultures together in your home than sectioning off a space. Search by material to find options in metal, fabric or wood, or browse by style for mid-century modern designs and examples from the Art Deco era.